Planet orbiting a dead star previews our own solar system’s fate
Scientists have spotted a Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting a dead star that was once like our Sun, The New York Times has reported. According to a paper in…
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A Jupiter-like planet orbiting a white dwarf hints at our solar system’s future
A glimpse of our solar system’s future has appeared thousands of light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. There a giant planet like Jupiter…
Astronomers Discover Bizarre Exoplanet Orbiting Three Stars
Astronomers have identified a cosmic oddity: What may be the first planet ever discovered that orbits three stars. The GW Ori system is a triple star…
Any aliens orbiting these 2,000 stars could spot Earth crossing the sun
Astronomers look for distant planets by watching for the shadow the worlds cast when passing between their star and Earth. If any aliens are searching…
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
In recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them. These stars have effective surface…